From Middle Dutch treffen, from Old High German treffan, from Proto-West Germanic *drepan, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną. Replaced rare Middle Dutch drepen, from Old Dutch drepan, from the same Proto-Germanic source.
treffen
Inflection of treffen (strong class 3b) | ||||
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infinitive | treffen | |||
past singular | trof | |||
past participle | getroffen | |||
infinitive | treffen | |||
gerund | treffen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | tref | trof | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | treft | trof | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | treft | trof | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | treft | troft | ||
3rd person singular | treft | trof | ||
plural | treffen | troffen | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | treffe | troffe | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | treffen | troffen | ||
imperative sing. | tref | |||
imperative plur.1 | treft | |||
participles | treffend | getroffen | ||
1) Archaic. |
Gerund of the verb treffen.
treffen n (plural treffens, diminutive treffentje n)
From Middle High German treffen, from Old High German treffan, from Proto-West Germanic *drepan, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną, whence also English drub.
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treffen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present trifft, past tense traf, past participle getroffen, past subjunctive träfe, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | treffen | ||||
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present participle | treffend | ||||
past participle | getroffen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich treffe | wir treffen | i | ich treffe | wir treffen |
du triffst | ihr trefft | du treffest | ihr treffet | ||
er trifft | sie treffen | er treffe | sie treffen | ||
preterite | ich traf | wir trafen | ii | ich träfe1 | wir träfen1 |
du trafst | ihr traft | du träfest1 du träfst1 |
ihr träfet1 ihr träft1 | ||
er traf | sie trafen | er träfe1 | sie träfen1 | ||
imperative | triff (du) | trefft (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Borrowed from early modern German or late Middle High German treffen, from Old High German treffan, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną. Compare Dutch treffen, which was borrowed in the 15th century. The native Luxemburgish form would be *driefen (or *dreffen); the verb is not inherited anywhere in Central Franconian. Further cognates include English drib, Icelandic drepa, Swedish dräpa.
treffen (third-person singular present trëfft, past participle getraff, auxiliary verb hunn)
Irregular | ||
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infinitive | treffen | |
participle | getraff | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | treffen | — |
2nd singular | trëffs | treff |
3rd singular | trëfft | — |
1st plural | treffen | — |
2nd plural | trefft | trefft |
3rd plural | treffen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |